Starting on the Nursery!

We have finally started working on the nursery. Tay and I put together the crib on sunday and I'm now working on the details of the room. I think my paintings turned out cute for the room and the toy box my dad made looks great. Also I love the orange blanket my mom made, it's the perfect color! The pets are loving the shag rug and I find Pippen sleeping in there every morning.

More pictures to come...........

Work Baby Shower

Carrie and Melissa planned a cute shower for me at work. Here are some pictures for your enjoyment...

Thanks to all the ladies at work for the baby shower!

Basement construction

Tay and our friend Nick have been working hard these past weeks trying to get the spare room ready in the basement so I can get the nursery started! I can't thank Nick enough for helping us out! *For those of you who don't know Tay and I don't sleep together due to his violent night terrors* So we've been waiting to do the nursery until Tay has somewhere to put his bed. Here are some Pic of the progress of the spare room. We should have most of it finished by next week!

Happy Mother's Day

To all the moms out there, especially my mothers. I'm so glad I have two great mothers who are always there for me and will be coming to help me out when Hoju is born next month. I must admit I'm getting nervous about not having anyone there but Taylor and myself. I've missed out on having a female mentor me through this pregnancy and it has been taxing at times. I also get nervous about not having anyone around after the baby is born and doing things on my own by trial and error. These are the times I wish I had family support close by.

Anyway, back to Mother's Day....Tay surprised me last night with a little gift and a cute card for Mother's Day. He said I was close enough and he wanted to recognize all the hard work I've put in this year. What a great man!

Here is a picture of me at 33 weeks!

Longing

Why do I torture myself by looking at dresses that I can neither fit nor afford?
I long to fit into cute dresses again.... here are a few I wish I could fit into for summer time. Of course they are from Anthropologie!

I like the haltered neckline.. gives it such a vintage feel.

I love the striped dress with the classic cut. I don't think anyone could look bad in this number.

Yellow is my favorite color right now.

I guess a girl can dream......

Sustainable Living

Check out this family and their urban sustainable living. Exactly what I hope for my family.

This year in addition to our garden I want to get the compost going at our house. Next year... chickens.

Speaking of chickens, you should check out Omlet USA website.

It gives a comprehensive list of chickens and the kind of eggs they produce. I like the little chicken coops they have, but it's a little pricey for me $900-1,000. I think Tay a

nd I will build one.

I think the following chickens might be good:

Brahma

Araucana

Faverolle

I lean towards the Faverolle's since they are child friendly and I know Hoju will want to interact with them.

Another future goal is having a beehive. I get very excited

at the though of having fresh honey and watching the bees work in my yard.

Another blog I enjoy following is

Progressive Pioneer check out her new beehive.

I guess one important thing I need to start doing is baking, canning, and food drying. HA!

Wind glows dog away from owners....

too funny!

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